Apparatus for removing material from boats, &amp;c.



No. 707,37I. Patented Aug'. I9, |902.

` A. M. ACKLIN. Y

APPARATUS FUR REMUVING MATERIALFROM BOATS, &c.

{Applicaciun med sept. 5, 1901.)

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ALFRED M. ACKLIN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters :Patent N0, 707,371, dated August 19, 1902.

Application filed September 5, 1901. Serial No. 74,438. (No model.) l

T0 a/ZZ whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that LALFRED M. ACKLIN, a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Removing Materials from Boats, &c.; and I do hereby declarel the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to an apparatus for removing materials from boats, and has special reference to such an apparatus in which buckets are used for gathering ore or other materials and removing them from the holds of boats.

The object of my invention is to provide a and quickly placed in the hold of a boat,which will enable the bucket used for gathering and removing the material tovbe operated so as to remove practically all the material within the hold of the boat Without the necessity of employing manual labor to lill such bucket `My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement,construction,and combination of parts, as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct an'd use the apparatus, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a cross-section through the hold of a boat having my invention applied thereto parts during the lowering,gathering,and raising of the bucket. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same on the lines 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the trolley and boom. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views of other forms of the deliecting devicegand Figs. '7 and 8 are views of the bucket, showing its use with a single and double sheave thereon. y

Like characters of reference herein indicate like parts in each ofthe figures of the drawings. l

As illustrated, 1 represents the runway or` boom connected to a suitable tower for the trolley 2, which travels on tracks 3 on said boom by means of its wheels 4 and is provided with a frame 5, Within which the wheels sheaves 9, located adjacent to the bucket 10, 6o

which is hung or connected to said sheaves 9 by means of thebail 11, such as is shown in Fig. 7 while one end of each of said cables 8 is connected to a post 12 on the boom 1, and the opposite end is connected to a drumv12, 65 operated by any suitable engine or motor. (Not shown.) .v

The boat is shown at 13 and is provided with the top deck 13' thereon, having the hatchway 14' therein,connecting with the hold 14,which 7o has the bottom 15 therein for the materials to be handled and below which. are the compartments 16 for the ballast, 85e. lA deflecting device 17 is placedwithin the hold 14 of the boat 13 and is formed of the frame 18, pro- 75 vided with the cables 19, which pass over sheaves 19' in the hatchway 14' and have their ends connected to the ends 18'18" of the frame 18 after passing around a sheave or drum 20, removably secured to a side 13 of the boat 13, 8o and such cables 19 being connected to a suitable engine on the tower. (Not shown.) The deflecting-frame 18 is provided with the opening 21 therein., and sheaves 22 are mounted within the frame 18 in the rear of the open- 85 ing 21.

The use .and operation of my improved apparatus for removing materials from boats are as follows: The deiiecting device 17 is lowered within the hold 14 of the boat 13 and se- 9c cured to the sides 13 at the point desired for operating lwith the frame 18 at the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and after this is accomplished the trolley 2, carrying the bucket 10, is moved out on the boom by means of the engine or motor through the medium of the cable 6 to the position shown by dotted'lines in Fig. 1. The bucket 10 is then lowered, by means ofthe cables 8, from the engine or motor until the bucket 10" passes Ioo l fleeting-frame 1S is then caused to move in the direction of the arrow, as shown in Fig. 1, by means of its cable 19, which will tilt said bucket 10 and enable it to travel in a substantially longitudinal course through the material a during the movement of the deflecting device 17, and so ll said bucket 10 with the material. While the frame 18 is thus moving across the hold 14 of the boat 13 and the bucket 10 is taking up the material to lill the same the cables S on said buckets 10 are engaging with the sheaves 22 in the frame 18, and so act to pull the trolley 2 along the boom 1 in the direction of the arrow for a short distance. When the bucket 10 has become filled with the material and reached the position shown to the left in Fig. 1, the trolley 2 is moved along the boom 1 by the engine or motor through the cable 6 until it reaches a position directly above the frame 18, when the filled bucket 10 can be raised through the opening 21 in the frame 18 by means of the engine or motor connecting with the cables 8 to a position suliiciently high to be free from the boat 13 and dock Z), after which the trolley 2, carrying the loaded bucket 10, can be moved along the boom 1 toward the dock or shore b v means of its cable 6 and engine or motor connected thereto and the material within the bucket 10 dumped in any suitable manner on the dock or shore orinto`cars,as desired. After the bucket 10 has been dumped or emptied the trolley 2, carrying the bucket 10, can be moved outward along the boom 1 by the engine or motor engaging with the cable 6 to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, and the deiiecting-frame 18 moved back to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, when the bucket 10 can be lowered through the frame 18 and the bucket filled and removed by the operations before de-l scribed. lt will also be evident that the sheaves or drums 20 can be adj usted Vertically within the hold of the boat and that a bucket, scoop, or scraper can be used, while the deflecting-frame may be adapted to engage with the bail 11 on the bucket 10 instead of with the cables 8.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown another form of a deiiecting device, which consists in providing a plate 23 for engaging at each end with each end of the cable 19 and having journalbearings 24 and 24 formed on one side thereof for supporting two sheaves 25 and 25', which are journaled in said bearings 24 and 24', respectively, andin said plate 23. These sheaves 25 and 25 are adapted to engage with a single cable 8 on the bucket 10 when the plate 23 is moved by the cable 19 in filling and raising said bucket 10 and enables the said sheaves to engage with said cable during the dropping of said bucket by movingeither the plate or bucket aside when the latter is lowered, while it will also be obvious that a single cable can be used for carrying a hook instead ot' a deflccting-frame, in which case the hook can be attached and detached from the bucket-bail by hand.

In Figs. 6 and Sis shown the deiiectingframe (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) and bucket for use with a single cable 8 from the trolley 2, such as is shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Various other modifications in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of the apparatus may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

It will thus be seen that my improved apparatus for removing materials from boats is cheap and simple in its construction and operation, and by its use the ore or other material within the hold of a boat can be gathered and removed in an easy and rapid manner and will enable practically all the ore or other material to be quickly and conveniently removed from the boat.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a boat, of abucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a deiecting-frame, and means connected to said frame for moving the same to tilt the bucket and move the same in a horizontal course to gather the material therein.

2. The combination with a boat, of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a movable detlectingframe, drums or sheaves within said hold, and a rope or cable connected to said frame and drums or sheaves for moving said frame to tilt the bucket and move the same in a horizontal course to gather the material therein.

3. The combination with a boat, of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, and a movable deflecting-frame adapted to engage with the bucket to tilt and move the same in a horizontal course to gather the material therein, said frame having an opening therein to permit the bucket to be lowered and raised through the same to and from the material in the hold.

4. The combination with a boat, of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat by ropes or cables, a movable detlecting-frame adapted to engage with the bucket to tilt and move the same in a horizontal course to gather the material therein, said frame having an opening therein to permit the bucket to be lowered and raised through the same to and from the material in the hold, and a sheave on said frame for engaging with the ropes or cables during the movement of said frame and bucket.

In testimony whereof I, the said ALFRED M. AOKLIN, have hereunto set my hand.

ALFRED M. ACKLIN.

Witnesses:

J. N. Cookin, B. L. PORTER.

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